Tag: CNIL
Ubeeqo sanctioned by the CNIL for the permanent geolocation of rented vehicles
In a report dated July 21, the National Commission for Computing and Liberties (Cnil) notes that the vehicle rental company was geolocating cars in “quasi-permanence”. Ubeeqo noted the position of…
The CNIL pins Ubeeqo, a car-sharing player, for excessive geolocation
Alexander Boero July 22, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. 2 © Pexels / Torsten Dettlaff Ubeeqo International has been fined by the CNIL, which accuses it of having disproportionately violated the…
Augmented cameras: the CNIL warns of the illegal proliferation of these devices
Faced with the proliferation of augmented cameras in public space, the CNIL recalled that this device was illegal and that it represented risks for the privacy of French people. Photo…
The Cnil warns about the use of “augmented” cameras
3 The National Commission for Computing and Liberties (Cnil) warns against the use of “intelligent” cameras in public space. It evokes a threat to certain rights of citizens. The Cnil…
The Irish CNIL threatens Meta to cut off the transatlantic data tap
The tension goes up a notch between Meta and the Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Irish equivalent of the CNIL. According to press reports, the DPC informed its European counterparts…
For the Cnil, TousAntiCovid had a “marginal utility” in contact tracing
The TousAntiCovid contact tracing application would have had only one “marginal utility“, according to the Cnil. The app was supposed to inform users of the possibility of contamination in order…
For the CNIL, the contact tracing of the TousAntiCovid app “is of marginal use”
Alexander Schmid July 05, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. 0 © Alexandre Boero for Clubic The CNIL closely monitors the tracking functionalities and the exploitation of databases related to COVID-19 to…
Totalenergies: the CNIL imposes a fine of one million euros
One million euros for TotalEnergies and bad publicity on the CNIL website: this is the sanction adopted by the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties against Totalenergies, energy producers…
Commercial prospecting: the Cnil imposes a fine of one million euros on TotalEnergies
The French personal data policeman criticizes the group in particular for not having respected the obligations in terms of “commercial prospecting and the rights of individuals”. The Cnil, the French…
How to anticipate and manage a CNIL inspection?
The CNIL, an independent French authority created in 1978 by the Data Protection Act, carries out several hundred company checks each year to ensure the proper application and compliance with…
The Cnil launches a study on the geolocation data collected by mobile applications
Seeking to determine whether it is possible to find the identity of people in anonymized geolocation data, the Cnil obtained a batch of data from a data broker (broker). A…
Google Analytics: the CNIL explains its formal notices
Sylvain Guillet June 12, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. 4 On February 10, the National Commission for Computing and Liberties (CNIL) sent a first formal notice to the manager of a…